Deng Shan looked at the newly delivered seeds. There were also detailed instructions on how to plant them. They introduced in detail the habits of this crop, planting methods, seed saving methods, top-dressing methods, etc., and even supporting equipment.
The pictures can be said to be very detailed.
You only need to follow the corresponding methods to plant according to the season. It is easy to get started with planting and it is not too difficult.
"Purple onions?"
Deng Shan looked at the large carts of purple onion seeds that had been delivered to him. It was his first time encountering this purple onion. He had never seen it before.
I looked through the instruction book carefully and studied it carefully. When the seeds arrived, they would naturally be planted soon. If the farming season was delayed, he, an official of the Immigration Department, would be held accountable.
In fact, this purple onion is the onion of later generations. It is a vegetable native to West Asia and Central Asia. Because of its high yield and good taste, it can also be used to remove fishy smells. In addition, after harvesting, purple onions are very durable.
Therefore, it has become a vegetable widely grown in Hezhong, Nanyun Province, Xiyu and other places.
It was included and selected by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ming Dynasty, and was promoted on a large scale in the northern region of the Ming Dynasty. There are large-scale plantings in Shandong, Beizhili, Liaodong and other places. In winter, it is an extremely important, cheap and delicious dish.
Plant vegetables.
As a southerner, Deng Shan saw this purple onion for the first time.
"It's very simple. It just takes a little longer to harvest the seeds. If the yield is high enough, it is indeed very suitable for planting here in Black Soil Province."
"I heard that the land here is very cold and long, and the climate can be compared with that of Liaodong. If there are no vegetables to eat in winter, the impact will be huge."
After reading it in detail, Deng Shan also found that it is not difficult to grow purple onions. Since becoming an official of the Immigration Department, Deng Shan has also found that he has almost become a master of farming. He has learned it for more than ten years.
How to grow main crops, vegetables and the like.
This is also one of the jobs of the Immigration Department, which is to guide immigrants to grow food and crops. Only after the immigrants have adapted to everything here and fully mastered the cultivation of crops here can the officials of the Immigration Department really relax.
"Come here, tell the immigrants to come to the fields outside the town to learn how to grow purple onions."
After reading it, Deng Shan immediately informed the government officials and prepared to teach everyone how to plant purple onions.
There was already a lot of delay when the seeds were shipped here. If the delay continues, they may be damaged. Once the seeds come out, they must be planted according to the requirements.
In a field outside Shangyun Town, many immigrants were called together. Officials from the Immigration Department used tin speakers to teach everyone how to plant purple onions.
Li Da and Tian Sanwa were watching and learning at the same time. They also found it a bit incredible that these officials would personally go to the fields and teach everyone how to grow crops. It was incredible.
It is said that reading is the only good thing among all inferiors. Since ancient times, these scholars have been quite noble, let alone these officials.
But now, an official from the Immigration Department is here in official uniform to teach everyone how to grow purple onions. Seeing how skillfully he looks, those who don’t know better think he is an old farmer.
It doesn’t matter if you only know how to grow purple onions, the key is that you can also speak. He explains the method of growing purple onions in a eloquent manner, combined with demonstrations, so that everyone can listen clearly and clearly.
"Everyone go and get the seeds. After you get the seeds, just plant them all."
After hearing what Mr. Deng Shandeng from the Immigration Department said, Li Da and Tian Sanwa also hurriedly went to get their own purple onion seeds.
"What does this purple onion taste like?"
"I've never eaten it before."
Li Da received the purple onion and looked at it with interest.
Since immigrating to this black soil province, there have been many new things. Rice cannot be grown here, so everyone has been arranged to learn to grow wheat. Although it is not the season to grow wheat yet, everyone still learns it over and over again. Anyway,
There is nothing too much,
In addition to learning to grow wheat, the Immigration Department also distributes some seeds from time to time and guides everyone in planting.
Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, cowpeas, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, leeks, rapeseed, etc. Although the wheat planting season is now over, there are still various vegetables that can be grown.
This is also an eye-opener for Li Da and Tian Sanwa, who grew up in the mountains. There are so many types of vegetables, and it seems that they can be grown in this black soil.
Think about it again when I lived in the mountains, there were very few varieties that could be grown, and often when the vegetable seasons changed, there were no vegetables to eat.
Now, every household has cultivated some fields and planted various seeds, waiting for harvests in autumn and winter.
Time also passes slowly day by day.
Li Da felt very lonely and lonely at first, but he gradually began to adapt to the life here.
Here, he also gradually became familiar with his neighbors, and gradually developed a good relationship with them.
Among his neighbors is Li Nick from Nanyun Province, a tall, strong man. Although he does not speak Ming dialect very well, he is a very nice person, very warm-hearted and helpful, and the land between his two families is also tight.
Next to him, Li Nick would often teach Li Da how to plant some crops that Li Da didn’t understand.
At the same time, Li Nick's family knew that Li Da's wife was pregnant and was about to give birth, so they were very enthusiastic and would often send some raisins and the like, saying that eating more would be good for the pregnant woman's health.
And sometimes Li Da goes out to work, and Li Nick's wife will help take care of Li Da's wife. They go back and forth, and the relationship between the neighbors is very harmonious.
There are also a couple from Wang Kaiwen's family from Ha Trung Province. Wang Kaiwen is still very young, only 18 years old. He and his wife have only been married for a short time, so they are relatively thin-skinned.
But Wang Kaiwen studied in a new school, could read and digit, and knew a lot of things. He also immigrated from the Hezhong area. Not only did he receive Anjia money from the court, but he also received a large sum of money from his family.
Divide the money.
Therefore, Wang Kaiwen bought a cultivator early, plowed his own fields early, and continued to cultivate the unowned wasteland, and then used mechanized sowing methods to plant seeds early.
A lot of crops were grown.
The immigrants in the Hezhong area are considered to be the most educated, most knowledgeable, and most cost-effective among the many immigrants. Moreover, Wang Kaiwen can often receive bacon, bacon, sausages, fine wine, etc. from his family from the Hezhong area.
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Wang Kaiwen is also generous to his neighbors. Neighbors like Li Nick and Li Da often receive various kinds of bacon, sausages, etc. from Wang Kaiwen's family.
Moreover, Wang Kaiwen will also drive his own cultivator to help his neighbors plow the land.
To be honest, when Li Da first saw Wang Kaiwen plowing the land with a cultivator, he was also deeply shocked by the powerful efficiency of the cultivator.
There is no need for horses or oxen to drag. I drive the machine while walking in the fields, and the plow behind the machine will plow the land, and the plowing is very deep, which is far different from what I used to do in the mountains.
It is comparable to using old scalpers to cultivate land.
The fields in the mountainous areas are very barren. There is only a thin layer of soil, and it is impossible to plow deeply. Of course, if you use oxen to plow the land, you cannot plow very deeply.
It's different when using machines. The land here in Black Soil Province is very fertile, thick, and flat. Machines can plow very deep and directly dig out all the roots of weeds, which will die in the sun.
If you plow again in the spring, you can dig out all kinds of pests. When the weather gets cold, they will freeze to death, and the number of pests and diseases will be reduced a lot.
Here in Shangyun Town, Li Da is experiencing new things every day. Immigrants from all over the world bring different delicacies from their respective hometowns. The exchanges with each other also allow Li Da to taste a variety of delicacies.
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Every day, his neighbor Wang Kaiwen would buy a newspaper, and then the neighbors would sit together. After reading the newspaper, he would tell everyone about the new things happening in the Ming Dynasty and even around the world.
In the past, Li Da knew very little about the outside world. It was just a few things passed down by the mountain people orally. But now, because of his contact with the immigrants in the small town.
Here, there are immigrants from all over the Ming Dynasty, and the people of each place have their own characteristics. The immigrants from the minority tribes from the Western Regions will tell you how to make delicious hemp nuts, how to grow grapes, and so on.
Immigrants from Nam Van Province will tell you that the scenery here in Nam Van Province is extremely beautiful and tell you how to make good wine. Immigrants from Ha Trung Province will tell you that you must use machines to cultivate land so that large-scale planting can be done.
Machines save labor and time, and people are relaxed.
An immigrant from the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area will tell you that the roads in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area are like natural chasms and very difficult to navigate. He will also tell you where people’s favorite food is Sichuan peppercorns, allowing you to taste the numbing and spicy taste.
There are also immigrants from the big city of Tianjin. He will tell you about the bustle and hustle and bustle in the city, tell you about the glittering golden light of the treasure ships coming back from Tianjin Port, and of course finally tell you that he is tired of working in the factory from nine to nine
Five years ago, I chose to immigrate to Black Earth Province and live a relatively free life.
Here, Li Da gets to know new people and things every day, and gradually gets used to the life here and falls in love with it.
ps: Do you prefer life in the city or in the countryside, if your income is about the same?
